Six decades on, German-Russian war booty disputes still rage

More than 60 years after the end of World War II, disputes over war booty
rage on as Germany seeks, with mixed success, the return of treasures
looted by the victorious Red Army.

Late last month, Russia handed over six medieval stained glass church
windows -- the last of a set of 117 panes from the Marienkirche (St Mary's
Church) in Frankfurt an der Oder, on today's Polish border, carted off to
Moscow in 1945.

At a ceremony to mark the occasion, German Culture Minister Bernd Neumann
said the restitution was a sign of improving relations between the wartime
foes.